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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-03-31
QUINCY, March %, 1887.

QUINCY, March %, 1887.
ke'srs. Dsrr d Bssoen, Proprietors F7oridian
Office. Tallahassee =
GENTLEMEN-I have the honor to acknowl-
edge the receipt of yours of the 25th inst, asking
for such information as maybe in my power as
to the alleged omission of part of Article XVI,
New Constitution, known as the printing Sec
tion."
In reply have tossay the editorials heretofore
published in the FLoRIDrAN, give the correct
history Of the socalled missing section"
As will be secnlfrom the Journals of the Con-
vention the section.in question was proposed
and read the first time at the close of the second
reading Of Article XVI 1t was not referred to
the Committee on Miscellaneous Articles, or to
any other, and was never read second time or
engrsssed as part Of Article XVI. The author
Of the section seems to have lost sight of it, and
not having gone to q committee il never appears
again on the Journals Of the Convention.
Besides my personal recollections as to the
fate of this section, have before me the Article
rs engrossed for third reading The "printing
section" does not appear on it, and it is there
fore impossible that the missing section" could
have been passed as part of that article
This unfortunate section, 1 am quite sure, was
never attached to, or became a part of Article
XVI, and was never after the day of its intro
| duction read or considered by the Convention
In the hurry of business 1t was forgotten by its
| author and other members who favored Ito
passage and cannot see that anyone is crim-
nally culpable for its failure to become part of
the Constitution-certainly not the printer, who
could only print the copy furnished him by the
Secretary Had this section been engrossed and
become, in fact section of Article XVI, i,
would not have been In the power Of the printer
| to have suppressed 1t without certain detection
by the Committee on Enrolment and Engross-
ment, the chairman of which was prompt, ca
pablo and accurate and would certainly have
detected and reported any inaccuracy or dscrep-
| ancy in the records. cannot see how q charge
20 utterly groundless and untenable can injure
your we'll established character, or raise even a
doubt as to your honesty and integrity as public
employees among thinking and rejecting men,
Very respectfully,
f. G. LOVE
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Real Fstats A1pese lassA--The
LAnA sale Yesterday. M
The first marked movement, the first
strong surge, Of the ooning Tallahassee
boom 7" showed up in 5erce yesterday at
the sale of "villa Mitchell r property
reported in our local colamns The land
is intrinsical E valumbls,onsthe merits of
its fertility, its beauty of situation and
its location near the city. but it had been
extensively advertised for many months
and there was small demand for lots at
any price. Yesterday it was put under
the hammer and that crucial test Of
values demonstrated the faith Of buyers
from abroad and at home In the future
growth and prosperity Of Tallahassee.
This faith is the result of the certainty
that we are soon to have largely improved
railroad facilities, and consequently that
Tallahassee is to speedily outgrow her
present limits, and being already the
most beautiful is also to become one OF
the most fourishing of Southern capital
cities-the central gem of surrounding
country every way excellent in soil,
scenery and salubrity. The remark is
made that much is due to Mr.. Raffen-
sperger's method Of sales," and the re-
mark is correct, for it comprehends
the sagacity with which Mr.. R. selects a
place in which he knows he is bound to
maintain his long record of success. He
has followed his vocation in many parts
of the United States, and studied the
causes that give value to real estate, and
consequent success to his sales; and his
experienced observation told him the
causes that were operative here, and he
promptly chit the nail on the head" with
his professional hammer, and the sound
thereof echoes over the wires far and near,
telling the people in all the States that
the prosperity of Tallahassee's future is
80 assured that there is sudden strong
desire to own lands here, citizens vie
ing with strangers in bidding off property
that had long laid dormant for lack Of
demand. The aggregate amount of sales
is not very large, but the prices given
were very large for property that recent
ly could not be sold at all, and this will
doubtless be understood by those who
read the kilograms that have gone into
the news circulation of the country, and
it will be known that the day OF progress
has dawned in Tallahassee.
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The Florida ChautauQua.

Inc exercises at DeFuniak Springs have
grown in interest with each succeeding week.
AS writer in the Christian Herald expresses it,
"they are 80 excellent that, as compared with
the parent Chautauqus, this young daughter
may hold up her head and look the critical con-
noisseur in the face without blushing. The
foremost men in education, and in ethical and
natural science are included in its corps of
workers"
The subjects treated during the past week
have included every variety of truth, and COW
cred many departments of instruction. For ex-
ample: DR.. A. T. Pierson lectured upon Moham-
mechanism DR.. A. A. Willis upon Social Sum
shine" Prot Leon H. Vincent upon English
Literature; Prof. E. Warren Clark upon Travel
and Adventure in the Far East DR.. Lansing
Burroughs on the Conquest of the Sea Dr. J.
W. JONES' of Richmond, on.the Boys In Gray"
Mr.. J. Dewitt Miller on Plato's Two Legged
Animal" and Prof c. c. Case has always de-
lighted the large audiences with his full chorus
of trained voices, accompanied by the Rogers
Goshen Band
Besides the evening entertainments of music,
fire works, lake illumination, balloon ascensiOns,
stereopticon views of India, China, Japan, Amer
lea, mot forgetting Florida) there are steady
series of instructive lectures in normal class
teaching, kindergarten, painting, drawing, elo-
cution, and Ministers Institute with full
course in theology.
In fact the FLORIDA Chautauqua condenses
into few brief weeks the curriculum of a COL
lege, and half dozen other institutions COM
bned.
II there is any short road. or royal read to
learning, II certainly is TO be found here
Lake DeFunisk is itself complete circle, and
the literary scientific, secular ano spiritual priv
ieges it affords, we'll nigh embraces the whole
circle and circumference of truth.
Here is the fountain of youth and of knowl-
edge combined.
And not the least interesting part of it, from
Floridian point of view, s the fact that more bts
have been sold there at handsome figures and
more buildings have been erected of beautiful
design within the past three years than can be
said of any place west OF Jacksonville within
the past twenty years! EW.C.
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NO journalist who is governed by
envy, hatred and malice is competent to
edit newspaper. A healthy public SEN
timent will not sanction the utterances
of an envious, hating and malicious editor.
All such editors sooner or later find their
common level. They are Usually the sub.
tie tools of those evil-designing men who
demoralize communities and speculate
of of misfortunes they create for others.
When the interests of those who use such
editors require it, they do not hesitate to
cast them aside. leaving them without
support and deservedly despised by ell the
better classes. An editor to exert an in
fuence for good, must be honest. The col.
umns Of bis paper should be 30 conducted
that those who read will have reason to
believe that the truth is being told. If an
honorable course Is pursued IN snlitor
viii be entitled to the confidence and re.
spect of everybody. If envy, hatred,
and malice govern an editors expressions,
he will be apt to be measured for what
he is worth. The newspaper path is
strewn with the wrecked remains of Jour.
malls whose columns were filed with envy,
hatred and malice G0inssuilge Daily
Adv0c0se.
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8ooM MING J.
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wednesday, April roth. 1851, wsl TAIlAHAs.
SEE DAY Yesterday the grand aaction sale Of
Vilh Mitchell lots, at Hon. G. L. Mitchelrs
South Addition to Tallahassee, came Oh and was
indeed success
Last Monday night the members Of the Board
of Trade and other citizens met In the court
house TO take action with reference to the enter
prise. The meeting dstssninsd to give L their
moral support and committee was appointed
to request the merchants TO close their stores ur
ing the sale. As a result nearly every business
house in the city was closed, and several hun
dred ladies and gentlemen attended the sale on
the high hill south Of Tallahassee.
Early yesterday morning Colonel Raffensper-
ger had theaband wagon, with large gold letters
on each side and drawn by four horses parading
the streets About nine o'clock the procession
started for Villa MITCHELL and It 10 estimated that
by noon more than 900 persons had assembled
on the grounds, when lunch was announced, and
thare was enough for all and to spare.
After lunch Colonel Raffensperger mounted
the band wagon and read q letter which an
nounced that the building of the railroad from
Tallahassee to Thomasville was assured. He
also read telegram from Hamilton Disston to
buy him two lots at average prices, announced
the award of prizes to the children, and the auc
ton begun.
The first sale was a ten-acre lot, including the
residence, to DR.. w. l.. Moor, of Tallaha ssee,
for $4,000. The next was five acres, 10 Mr.. NJ.
Burt, of Jacksonville, for $1,000. Mr.. ]. N.
Huertus, of Jacksonville, then bought block one,
six lots, at $160 a lot. Then came the sale of
lots proper, and, while prices were not very high,
they were quite satisfactory.
About this time an alarm of fire in the city
caused nearly half of the people to leave the
grounds.
The sale was continued on the grounds until
about 4 o'clock, and then closed until P. NJ,
at the Leon, where several lots were disposed of.
nounced that the auction would be continued on
the grounds next Wednesday, April 9th.
The sales to date aggregate about $11 600.
DR.. Mitchell is satisfied with the sales, Colonel
Raffensperger has achieved another success rs
manager of large real estate enterprises, and
Tallahasseeans are we'll pleased with the result
as a whole.
That Tallahasseans appreciate the efforts Of
Dr. Mitchell to inaugurate boom in the ITALIA
hassee Country was fully evidenced by the cor.
dial support and substantial encouragement
given by tn m to the Villa Mitchell enterprise
The Villa Mitchell sale and the deep interest
being manifested in Tallahassee in connection
with various railroad enterprises has started
boom which is to last, and Col. Raffensperger
will have to be the successful manager of other
sales in the picturesque hill country of Lesn
county.
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Tallahassee and ThOmasvlllo
Railroad.

We are delighted that we can report
the most encouraging progress in this
enterprise. As assurance that our people
were determined to have the road, and as
q condition to insure the immediate sur
vey of the route by the engineer corps of
the Savannah, Florida and Western Rail-
way Company, it was required. that the
sum Of $4,000 in land deeds and money
notes should be made up by the first of
April. On Tuesday the canvassing COM
mittee were able to report 43s, APO in per-
fected subscriptions, and a considerable
additional sum pledged, and the survey
ors will take the field next: Monday. Our
people will, therefore, soon know the sd-
ditional sum required to grade and cross
tie the road to the Georgia line, and who
shall doubt that they willlpromptly make
it up-that those who have not yet sub
scribed will come to the aid of those who
have, and share with them the credit of
securing public work that will benefit
all? Everybody could not subscribe at
once, for lack of opportunity or other
causes, but the material aid of he who
subscribes last is as valuable to the work
as that subscribed at first, providing it
does not come too late and the chance of
securing the road be thereby lost. The
desired object is so nearly within reach
that it can be easily grasped, and we be-
lieve that the duty 50 cheerfully and in
dustriously discharged by the citizens
committee will soon come to successful
termination-that will ensitle them to
the thanks of community greatly bene-
flied by their public-spirited labors.
Then the work of construction will be-
gin, and with it that boom" which will
extend throughout the county. When
so strong a corporation as the s. F. q
w. breaks ground under an obligation to
have the rails laid in year, all the coun-
try will know:.that it will be done, and
then prospectors will come, seeking In
vestments In the rich country so soon to
be opened up-its fertile lands, its lovely
sites on hill, in valley, and by lake side,
brought near in time and distance of
travel to the populous cities and sections
where the very name of Florida carries q
charm that may be fully realized in this
salubrious and beautiful part of it, from
which they have heretofore been excluded
by difficulties of communication. The
aggregate valuation Of property, city aud
country, in Leon county, may be doubled
in a year from this writing.
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l1essang q ths Iseasaasafe.


Before smother issue Of this jossnal the
Legislature will have convened for The
first session snndsf the new 'Coastitution
the most important and >laborious -
sion in which Florida law-maksrs ever
came together, for on the basis u the new
organic law they viii have to frame many
statutes to make its provisions operative,
and to revise others heretofore of force.
In the ordinary routine Of legislation
there were 1875 acts passed at the last SEES
sion, and assuming that there will be ut
least an equal number required in the
same line land the number will doubtless
be larger in proportion to the large pro-
gress of our rapidly growing common
wealthy we must add such estimate to the
onerous work absolutely required under
the new Constitution in order to compre-
bend the size of the business that stares
the Legislature in the face-perhsps 200
acts, many Of them requiring the grave
elaboration, the exhaustive debate and
the careful wording required in the con-
struction of statutes on which rights and
privileges of the people will depend until
another Legislature may amend defects
that happily shall not occur in the work
of this one, which fortunately shows 4
high average of ability in its membership.
The extract from the Attorney-0 Generals
Report, printed in last weeks FLoRrD1AN,
gives an idea of the very important work
in the way of law making required by the
new Constitution, and if the Legislature
accomplishes it all thoroughly and salts
factorily in sixty days the Legislators will
not only doubly earn their per diem but
will be entitled to the grateful thanks Of
the people. But the work may be utterly
impossible of accomplishment within that
time, and make twenty days of extra ses-
sion necessary-especially if there is q
protracted investigation of the Okeecho-
bee Drainage matter, various new coun-
ties to make, eto.
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Prof Kost, In his report Of the geological sur.
vey Of Florida, nys IL win not do TO depend
wholly on experience In husbsndry for meanl
OF knowing the resources and capability Of the
sod, because % 70 speak, It b only coordinate
means Of knowing ct best and can do no more
than its mir proportionats part. But one year
Of geological inspection win, In many essential
particular. do more than . century OF farming
operations In The way Of research and practical
rssulh This ID sound reasoning. and one that
should govern our Legislature In the matter OF
making known the solid resources Of our State.
Wbsu he ciHsens Of Eusth suggested big ap-
propxiadoa 70 induce immigration they doubt
Len had In visw that thorough investigation
oTou resources By means Of . geological survey
wss oue q the essential things 10 d. We agree
% thk Il b hrst necessary 10 ascertain what
ws pussss bsfon We can speculate on the possi-
binia Of our Stats and invite immigration here
IN ths purpose Of sasaging In 6xsd occupation
"a pro1tah1s puzsuita: a Thorough geological
survey ofrlorfda, such - he's heen suegeeted By
#gu[ Kos, uiu 10 more for he material pros
Trlfy q De Dlats than anything eloe that The
- q properly undertake at Tie present time.
@I[IDG9 NSuA
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Another Railroad.

The time is near at hand when Paataka will
be great railroad centre. The last to take form
and shape IL the Palatka and Northw western Rail-
way, and the cOmpanys notice of incorporation
may be seen in another column. The names of
the gentlemen interested will sufficiently yOuch
for tho solidity of the enterprise, and will guar
antee also ample means for the construction and
equipment of the line.
Palatka has now five routes for communicating
to the south and east through the excellent
transportation facilities already In active service
while the Florida Southern brings to our doors
the rich products of the Gulf coast and connects
us with the splendid farming sections of Her.
nando and Polk counties. The new road will
connect us Immediately with the rich farms and
hne grass lands of Middle Florida. and its
branches will link with the gardens of Bradford,
Suwannee, Madison, Levy and Wakulla. 1t will
carry our fruits and vegetables direct to the mar.
kets of the great Northwest and 1t will make
Pslatka the distributing point for the tourist
travel for oil the State.
The importance of the new line to Palatka
cannot be too highly estimated; In several coun-
ties It will furnish the first direct comnunica-
ton with Northern marketA In Others 1t will en-.
able the farmers and fruit growers 70 reap the
benefits Of composition between two lines OF
transportation, which to them will make all the
difference between profit and loss on the sale OF
their products.
For the plans OF the company we bespeak the
cordial operation Of the people along the line.
Its projectors are our home people, directly in
terested with US In the development aud pros
perity OF the State the success Of the project
will benefit them Is II benefits every citizen
whose transportation facilities will be improved
and Is the products OF our State are placed
quickly or more cheap:y within reach of the
consumer. 1t Is not an attempt made by foreign
capital to control large tracts of Florida lands
is the effort Of citizens to furnish an outlet
o0rely needed, and TO improve one Of the finest
sections Of the State, by bringing money and
under the dominion Of man.-Pdlatka Daily
NN0.
This is one of the several roads looking
to Tallahassee, for in the notice of incor-
poratiou elsewhere printed in this paper
it will be seen that the route from Put.
nam county is projected through the
counties Of "Clay, Alachua, Lafayette,
Taylor, Jefferson, Leon and Gadsden,
with branches into the counties of Brad.
ford, Suwannee, Columbis, Madison, Levy
and Wakulla.'' The projectors of the
Palstks and Northwestern Railway are
acting promptly, for their surveying
corps has been In the field about ten days
and 10 expected to reach Tallahassee this
week. The Northwestern aud South.
eastern route to. and from peninsular
Florida 10 sure TO be opened because it is
sure to have an immense business, for it
will be the shortest and therefore the
quickest and cheapest means of com.
munication between the orange section
and States containing many millions of
people. - - ..-....- -
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1t was @ pleasant sight this 7

1t was pleasant sight this morning
to many Of the friends of those two old
time and tried Democrats, w. G. Bird
and James F., Tucker, to see them arm
in-arm going down Bay street. They are
now the United States Marahals of
Fiorida--one for the Southern and the
other for the Northern District Of Flor.
ida i is not the first time they have
stood side by side In the time Of duty to
their country. Captain Tucker says a.
ne already holds one Government Office
hs will decline the Marshalship and con-
s slns: 70 'er,. II Bugssn q Labor and
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The Pensacola Comnssvctal 10 urging
Mr.. Mallory, Of that city, for the United
States Senate. Correspondents In the
Orlando Sentinel prefer Hon. R. II. NJ.
Davidson. The Oeals Bsss~w thinks Gen.
Finley would make IN excellent COM
promise Of existing smbsrEassnsnts, and
tie rest of The Stass papsrs rangs them.
selves pretty openly usdsr he respective
baanSrs Of Bloxham and Parry
.JoctvowvjUe Herald.
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DIKD.-In Bridgeport, Conn, on the morning
OF the goth inst, Mrs Margaret Bishop, wife Of
H. Bishop, Esq, of that place.
Mrs. Bishop was native of Pensacola, and
was the eldest daughter of Hon. S. K. and An
gela Mallory. She was married 10 Henry Bish-
op, of Bridgeport Conn, in 1860, and ha. since
that time and up 10 her DEATH resided in that city.
Three children were the fruit of the marriage
all boys-who have long since preceded their
mother to the tomb. For years Mrs. Bishop has
been great sufferer, and her death, though a
shock to her family, WAS necessarily a great re.
lease for her. Mrs. Bishop was of kindly, ge-
MAI disposition, which made her tavorite with
oil who knew her. She leaves an aged mother
two brothers and sister to mourn her loss
RnsacOIa Psnsacolian. . 90.
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xO0x " Re1mt1W4 0oet1o0s
y WsTequest the attention Of tie people
Of Florida to the subjoinsd lstter from
Hon. = q. Lon, Stass Attorney of this,
the Second Judicial Circuit. The state
ments of gentlsman 70 widely
known for his worth and ability must
be accepted - proof of the wrong done
the FLoRIDIAN proprietors by the very
few persons who believed, or affected to
believe, that copy Of Convention proceed
ings had been suppressed in this
printing Office. We are grateful for
this generous vindicatlon, even if not
needed to set US right before the people
generally, for they had already seen that
the accusations were 30 self contradictory
that they rested on nothing but the ma
licious invention of enemies:
lCoanrsroxnnxoEl
TALLAHASSEE, March %, 1887.
Hon. r. O. Loce
SIR: As our characters have been detained,
and our integrity as public employees has been as
sailed, BY charges that We suppressed certain al
legged copy of convention proceedings, to-wit
" A part Of Article XVI" known as the sprint
ing section, and as you were chairman of the
Committee on Miscellaneous Provisions that
reported said Article XVI, the undersigned are
induced to request that you give Us such infor-
nation a. to the omission Of said missing Sec
ton, " so-called. a. may be In your power
We are very..respectfully yours,
DoRR & BOWEN,
Proprietors FLoR1DIAN Office.
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Walton-a general report without statistics :;
universally observed.
Thus 1t will be seen that from fourteen coun-
ties reported there were 267 schools engaging in
exercises and planting trees and shrubs and
flowers, 10'Ol5 children participating, and 4, 464
trees planted, while those trees planted the year
before were specially cared for.
Yours obediently, A. j. RUSSELL,
Stunt Pub ms
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1t is reported that the forces laying
rail on the Florida Railway and Naviga-
ton Company's line will have crossed
the Hillsborough river by to-day. This
will bring it to within fifteen miles of
this place, and that distance will proba-
bly, be gotten over by middle of April
Pant City Courier, 2eM.